Coordination and subordination: the test

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  1. Why is She stayed at home so it was raining wrong but It was raining so she stayed at home correct?
    1.   Because the conjunction is only a coordinator when it refers to cause and effect
    2.   Because the conjunction should be because of in this case
    3.   Because although the conjunction is a coordinator, this is semantically impossible
    4.   Because although the conjunction is a subordinator, this is semantically impossible
  2. In The car broke down and that was why I was late we have:
    1.   A relative pronoun phrase acting to subordinate
    2.   A relative adverbial phrase acting to coordinate
    3.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
    4.   A relative adverb phrase acting to subordinate
  3. Two independent clauses can only be joined by ...
    1.   coordination
    2.   linking
    3.   attachment
    4.   subordination
  4. In So that she could see, she stood on a box we have:
    1.   A compound sentence
    2.   A fronted subordinator
    3.   A fronted coordinator
    4.   A compound-complex sentence
  5. In Tired, miserable, wet, we waited for the bus we have:
    1.   A missing subordinator
    2.   A subordinated clause
    3.   Asyndectic subordination
    4.   Asyndectic coordination
  6. In Not wearing a tie will mean they won't let you in we have:
    1.   A non-finite verb form acting as a conditional subordinator
    2.   A simple sentence with no subordination
    3.   A coordinated sentence of two clauses
    4.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
  7. In In order to catch the bus he hurried down the road we have:
    1.   A preposition acting to subordinate
    2.   A complex subordinating conjunction
    3.   A preposition acting to coordinate
    4.   A coordinating conjunction
  8. Why is So that I could see his footsteps the snow was fresh on the ground wrong?
    1.   Because the direction of causality is mistaken
    2.   Because so that is a coordinator and cannot be fronted
    3.   Because so that is a subordinator and cannot be fronted
    4.   Because it should be ... the snow was so fresh on the ground that ...
  9. In Because John was alone we invited him for dinner but he didn't want to come we have:
    1.   One subordinate clause and two coordinated clauses
    2.   Three subordinated clauses
    3.   Two subordinated clauses and one coordinated clause
    4.   Three coordinated clauses
  10. In She left the money on the kitchen table before she went out and the boy took it we have:
    1.   Three subordinated clauses
    2.   Three coordinated clauses
    3.   One main clause and two coordinated subordinate clauses
    4.   Two coordinated clauses and one subordinated clause